Elden Ring patch 1.05 official notes: New changes to Bell Bearing objects, QoL improvements, bug fixes, and more

Elden Ring has released its next patch, 1.05, which includes several changes. Despite being one of the biggest releases in 2022, the game has had problems with bugs and other areas. However, FromSoftware has kept working diligently to improve the game by solving many issues that have created problems. Thanks to the efforts, the game has become far more optimized and beneficial to all the players.

Elden Ring is the latest soulslike game of FromSoftware and has been a radical success since its release. The game has become the largest IP since The Division in 2016. Elden Ring has continued to evolve, and its emphasis on both single and multiplayer has allowed players to play however they want. Thanks to the latest patch, many of the issues players have complained about have been resolved.

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Elden Ring patch 1.05 targets all major platforms and emphasizes on bug fixes

A significant part of the changes has been focused on the Bell Bearing objects, among other things in Elden Ring.

• In transactions with the NPC "Twin Maiden Husk," the following Bell Bearing items have been changed so that their liberated status will be carried over to the NG+ play.
• Bone Peddler's Bell Bearing/Meat Peddler's Bell Bearing/Medicine Peddler's Bell Bearing/Gravity Stone Peddler's Bell Bearing/Smithing-Stone Miner's Bell Bearing/Somberstone Miner's Bell Bearing/Glovewort Picker's Bell Bearing/Ghost-Glovewort Picker's Bell Bearing
• Added emphasis to the choice of the Sacred Flask and several other options that can be strengthened in the grace menu
• Added sound effects when other players' summon signs appear

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Bug fixes

There are plenty of bug fixes that will look to make Elden Ring a lot smoother for all the players.

• Fixed a bug where equipment could be changed from the equipment menu during the use of a skill under certain circumstances.
• Fixed a bug in the "War Cry" skill where the effect was applied to a weapon that was not the target of the skill.
• Fixed a bug where some actions of the "Barbaric Roar," "War Cry," and "Troll's Roar" recovery time was longer than expected.
• Fixed a bug where the effects of the "Determination" and "Royal Knight's Resolve" skill does not always wear off with certain weapons.
• Fixed a bug in which some attacks of the "Ice Spear" skill are unguardable.
• Fixed a bug that caused the attack power of some skills to be reduced when using the "Golden Vow" skill.
• Fixed a bug that the light wave of the "Moonlight Greatsword" skill sometimes does not aim at the locked-on target.
• Fixed a bug that caused damage to allies when using the "Seppuku" skill under certain circumstances.
• Fixed a bug that caused the increase in attack power of the "Seppuku" skill to be higher than expected for some attack motions.
• Fixed a bug in which a status effect was applied when using the "Hoarah Loux's Earthshaker" skill.
• Fixed a bug where the "Waves of Darkness" skill would not hit the enemy with a spinning cleave.
• Fixed a bug that caused unintended motions to be played when switching to different sorceries or incantations while using a sorcery or incantation.
• Fixed a bug that the FP consumption increased when using the sorceries "Magma Shot" and "Roiling Magma" while riding a horse.
• Fixed a bug where the “Claw Talisman” effect was not applied when jumping with the "Starscourge Greatsword" in both hands.
• Fixed a bug that the power of two-handed attacks except jump attack of the weapon "Golem's Halberd " is different from expected.
• Fixed a bug that when using the weapon "Pulley Crossbow" with the left hand while the right-hand weapon was given an attribute by magic or item, the effect was given to the "Pulley Crossbow" as well.
• Fixed a bug in which arrows and bolts that did not match the type of long-range weapon could be released in certain procedures.
• Fixed a bug in which guard boost was reduced when some weapons were strengthened to the maximum.
• Fixed a bug in which the attributes of weapons could be changed while the inventory had reached its maximum capacity and the ashes of war could not be changed.
• Fixed a bug that caused the boss "Malenia, Goddess of Rot" to have low HP under certain circumstances.
• Fixed a bug that allowed enemies to be attacked from outside the fog in certain areas.
• Fixed a bug in online multiplayer where, when a boss is defeated in the host's world as a cooperative player, the same boss may not appear in your world.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the battle with the boss "God-Devouring Serpent" from progressing under certain circumstances.
• Fixed a bug that prevented hostile NPCs from appearing under certain circumstances.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the event of the NPC "Alexander, Warrior Jar" from progressing under certain circumstances.
• Fixed an issue where the item "Sacred Flask" is not restored after destroying a group of enemies under certain circumstances.
• Fixed a bug that under certain circumstances, after defeating the boss "Starscourge Radahn," the user could not move from the map to the grace.
• Fixed a bug that prevented found sites of grace from registering on the map under certain circumstances.
• Fixed a bug that prevented some graces from being able to be touched when approached under certain circumstances.
• Fixed a bug that allowed hostile guests to enter boss areas under certain circumstances.
• Fixed a bug that prevented a critical hit from behind from hitting in hostile multiplayer.
• Fixed a bug that caused performance to slow down when the "Sentry's Torch" weapon was equipped under certain circumstances.
• Improved stability of online multiplayer between PS4 and PS5
• Improved loading times for the Xbox Series X|S version
• Fixed a bug that the master volume setting was not reflected in some cutscenes
• Improved stability of online multiplayer.
• Fixed a bug that caused sounds to play differently than expected in some situations.
• Fixed a bug that caused the player to become inoperable and die in certain locations.
• Fixed a bug in which the drawing and hit detection were different than expected in some maps.
• Fixed a bug in some maps that allowed players to reach unexpected locations with certain procedures.
• Fixed some texts.
• Several other performance improvements and bug fixes

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PC-specific changes on Elden Ring

Last but not least, there are some specific changes for Elden Ring on PC.

• Added keyboard/mouse operations that can be input in "PRESS ANY BUTTON" on the title screen.
• Added "Return to Desktop" to the system item on the main menu for exiting the game.
• Changed so that mouse click input is not reflected when switching windows to active.
• Fixed a bug that slowed performance when changing "Screen Mode" and "Resolution" in a special procedure.

All of the changes brought to Elden Ring by patch 1.05 can be enjoyed as soon as players update their game to the latest version.